Catherine Frank Editorial Services, LLC

05/02/2025

Thank you for visiting this page. Please head to my web site for more current info about me and my work!

Editorial guidance for navigating publishing.

05/05/2020

Very excited to share that in addition to continuing as a freelance editor through Catherine Frank Editorial Services, I am now Editor at Large for Peachtree Publishing Company. This is a part-time role in which I will be acquiring and editing primarily middle grade fiction and nonfiction. I'm thrilled to begin this new chapter and so pleased to combine it with my ongoing freelance work!

02/28/2020

I’ll never know whether it was fate, dumb luck, or something else that provided me the privilege of having this legend as a mentor. For anyone who has ever wondered how I learned to be an editor or why I love it, the answer is Regina.

Industry veteran Regina Hayes has retired from Viking Chlidren's Books; we spoke with her about the evolution of her career, and her memories of working alongside beloved children's book creators.

12/20/2019

Happy holidays to all!

11/19/2019

What a spectacular list of books on SLJ's Best Nonfiction this year! Congratulations to all. I'm especially thrilled and proud to have Ann Bausum's groundbreaking VIRAL included.

Eighteen exceptional informational works made SLJ's list of the best nonfiction for children and teens published in 2019.

12/19/2018

Congratulations to all of the 2018 Booklist Editor's Choice selections, with special kudos to Karen Blumenthal's BONNIE AND CLYDE, Elizabeth Partridge's BOOTS ON THE GROUND, and Susan Zimet's ROSES AND RADICALS. I'm proud to be the editor of 3 of the 6 Penguin Young Readers titles on the list! https://www.booklistonline.com/Booklist-Editors-Choice-Books-for-Youth-2018/pid=9713597

12/17/2018

Wishing everyone a happy and peaceful holiday season from Catherine Frank Editorial Services!

12/13/2018

Thrilled to see Boots on the Ground nominated for YALSA's Excellence in Nonfiction Award! Such an extraordinary group of nominees!

And here’s the second moment you all have been waiting for! The 2019 Nonfiction Award Finalists! The Beloved World of Sonia Sotomayor written by Sonia…

09/12/2018

The ten contenders address weighty topics like addiction, sexual assault, war, and incarceration.

06/01/2018

A STAR ⭐for Karen Blumenthal's Bonnie and Clyde: The Making of a Legend from Booklist! "An exquisitely researched biography!"

Bonnie and Clyde may be the most notorious--and celebrated--outlaw couple America has ever known. This is the true story of how they got that way. Bonnie and Clyde: we've been on a first name basis with...

05/14/2018

Seven years ago today I took a deep breath and launched Catherine Frank Editorial Services, LLC with a web site and an email announcement. I wanted nothing more than to continue being an editor. I gave it six months to see what happened. Never did I imagine the many manuscripts, authors, agents, and publishers I would go on to have the privilege of working with. It's been an amazing seven years, and I can't wait to see what the next year brings!